A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s InSight mission to Mars lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on May 5, 2018. The mission marks the first interplanetary launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The two-year InSight mission seeks to understand the evolutionary formation of rocky planets, including Earth, by investigating the interior structure and processes of Mars.

In today’s live stream, we will be looking at the end of the universe with theoretical astrophysicist and science writer Ethan Siegel.

Along the way we see how the knowledge that we have built up to come up with our best theory about the start of the universe could show us what may happen in the far distant future when the last stars have burned out and even the black holes have leaked away.

It’s an epic story that spans more than 10 to the power of 120 years. so hop on board for a ride into the future.

Topic start 0:15
Q&A Section start 32:30
Ethans personal view of the end of the Universe 52:10
Where can we find Ethan online 54:15

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This episode begins an in-depth look at Post-Scarcity Civilizations, seeming Utopias where virtually anything is available to its citizens at the snap of their fingers. One of the exceptions to that may be privacy, which might be inherently impossible in such a society, and we will explore that challenge as we begin our series on such civilizations..

New Shepard flew again for the eighth time on April 29, 2018, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 8 (M8), the mission featured a reflight of the vehicle flown on Mission 7. The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 351,000 feet (66 miles, 107 kilometers) – the altitude we’ve been targeting for operations.